Or maybe I just don't give a **** about a character I don't give a **** about.
Especially since I never said he couldn't work.
EDIT: If he's in he's in, if he's not in, he's not in. Makes no difference to me.
Oh no, I wasn't referring to you or even Shortie, just some of the silly comments I see on GameFAQs and Nsider in general. I was reading some stuff about how Issac would have to be a Marth clone on GameFAQs yesterday.
Hargle Bargle I'm John I dislike a character so I bull**** what I can to dismiss it.
Hargle Bargle subjective nonsense here, unimportant reasoning here.
You do realize all of this is based on opinion and perspective right=???
Krystal is now, and was very popular during Brawl, which was when Sakurai's questionaire was submitted.
Let me hold your phone there. Krystal was popular, but not very popular. She was far away from the level of Wario, Pit, Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Ike, and of course, Sonic. She got mentioned 3 times by Sakurai, but again, so did Geno. And like Geno, Krystal's popular seemed larger than it was. The Geno thread on Smash Boards was top ten in posts, but most of it were people like myself, Omega, Psycho, Legolastorm, and others. The same went with Krystal. Her supporters would not shut up about her. That's fine in their thread, but they'd try to bring it into other character's thread. I remember when I ran the Toon Link thread about a dozen Krystal fans went off about how "Toon Link shouldn't be in, Krystal should be in."
From what information I gathered during the pre-Brawl times (which I was there for dating back to the announcement a 3rd smash bros game would be made), more people were opposed to Krystal (in the West) than were for her. Again, the outspoken members seem to exaggerate her popularity (just like what happened to Geno). Don't forget that Japanese gamers and smash bros players are totally indifferent to Krystal and Star Fox post-Star Fox 64 in general.
So in other words, Krystal's "Hatebase," while a lot quieter, was strong on some sites, especially Smash Boards. I remember a couple of instances where various members went off on that thread because they were annoying everywhere. Many of us (especially on Smash Boards) wanted to ignore the subject because of her fans after years of it. Imagine having a dozen people post on here about Impa that were more annoying than Diddy Kong for years. And not just here, but in unrelated forums (like stage threads). That should paint a accurate picture. Granted, most of the fanbase wasn't this annoying, but it only takes a few to make everything dreadful.
The Wolf fanbase meanwhile had similar supporter numbers (albeit much quieter), but very little opposition. Nearly all of Wolf's opposition was due to a fear he would be a clone, with the rest being Krystal fans hating on anyone who could "take her spot." A similar-sized, but quite smaller group of people thought he could make a great "late add on" character (myself included), like many of the clone characters in Melee.
What interested me about Wolf and Krystal is that I want to say about 2/5ths of the online Wolf fanbase thought he had little to no shot, and 2/5ths thought his only shot was as a clone or semi-clone. Krystal fans, on the other hand, thought mostly there was a 50/50 chance for Krystal until like the last month. And in the last month (before the leaked roster was confirmed true), I wanna say 75% of them waived the white flag on Krystal.
Something she is undoubtably mentioned on at various points. Her trophy, something Sakurai HIMSELF wrote individually back in Melee, acknowledges her as a fighter, as does her Codec.
Umm... Star Fox Adventures didn't come out until about 10 months after Melee. Krystal also didn't have a trophy in Melee (in Brawl she did). True facts.
Popular character, who is asked for now, and on the old questionaire which Sakurai is surely referencing back to for SSB4 ideas, and also has been recognized in Brawl itself as a fighter. I don't know what about her sounds completely unlikely. As far as I'm concerned she's one of the top candidates.
That's fair to say. However, don't discount the fairly large opponents of all things post-Star Fox 64. Just look at the Star Fox stage we got. It isn't from any of the latter games. Lylat Cruise is a generic stage from no particular game.
Metroid Prime got a stage, and Japanese gamers don't like Prime. Heck, Jungle Beat got a stage, and most of us old Donkey Kong Country fans dislike most of the post-Rare Donkey Kong titles.
And if Sakurai does pass up on the Palutena/Medusa train, which is most definitely a possibility, she is pretty much THE female choice. I think on my poll the next most popular choice is like, Ashley of WW, coming in at 20th. Even if he DOES choose to add one of the goddesses, their inclusion has nothing to do with Krystal's chances, despite what many would like to say. With them, she is just a good candidate in general, without them she is the token female. Similar to ZSS.
Sakurai isn't going to choose the best representative for a specific series, race, gender, ethnicity or whatever. He is going to choose the best and most interesting characters.
I would also like to say that on my polls, she's been in the top ten pretty much since 2010. So, saying she isn't popular among the Smash community is kind of ******** to even bring up. But you can go ahead and say Japan hates her, or say her games sucked, but, it doesn't mean **** when she's already been in Smash.
Most people who play smash probably don't know much about Krystal. Not many people have played the recent Star Fox games. On the internet Geno may seem to be a character everyone knows and love, but out in the real world most smashers don't know who the eff he is. That's why I was one of the few people back in the Geno movement who felt he was more unlikely than he was likely towards the end of it (once I looked back without the hype influencing my thinking).
All your polls will tell me is that people would like to play as Krystal, amongst other characters. Most of them are probably the disillusioned folks at GameFAQs, IGN, Nsider, etc who think we could get a 80 character roster. Sure, they explain their demographic, but they're just a few of the pieces of the smash bros demographic jigsaw puzzle.
If you want a more accurate poll on Krystal, you would ask people if they like, don't like, or are neutral to the idea of Krystal (or her being playable in smash). The same goes with every character. Back when I wasn't all that into character prediction, whenever I read a poll I would check every character on such polls unless I hated them. Heck, I did that (to an extent) with your poll!!!
I think I selected something like 60 characters!
Edit: I think there are many reasons why K. Rool is getting more support than Ridley:
1. DKC Returns has brought DKC back, and it is again seen as "relevant" without being completely retro. So, it is old and new, thus appeal to "old" and "new" Nintendo fans.
2. Some people are upset that K. Rool was completely absent from DKC Returns, which is making them furiously support K. Rool.
3. The Donkey Kong franchise is much more popular than Metroid. DKC Returns sold over 5 million units, whereas Prime 1-3 and Other M sold about a million each.
4. K. Rool/Dixie Kong are simply the most well-known Nintendo characters not in smash.Ridley is popular with Metroid fans and devoted smash fans, but is still fairly unknown.